Kai Fifield, 7, from Northampton won a trial with Barcelona after impressing youth coaches when he joined in a kickabout outside the Nou Camp… while on holiday!

Fifield was asked to take part in a trial after showing off his skills when he got stuck in with a group of kids, three years older, who turned out to be from the Barca youth set up. His family cancelled their flight home so young Kai could have a trial with Barca's under eights and now he must wait to see if he has been successful.

The seven-year-old definitely has bags of skill for his age (see the video below) and, with clubs more keen than ever to identify potential stars at a young age, Fifield is the latest in a line of talented kids to catch the eye of talent scouts…

THE JAPANESE MESSI

Little is known about this YouTube phenomenon, but a buzz was created when Messi's former coach at the Barcelona cadets linked to the video below on his Twitter page, stating cryptically: "Ho haveu vist? Ho haveu vist?" (Did you see? Did you see?)…

NDIAYE ILIMAN

This 10-year-old French kid has got all the freestyle tricks that come from thousands of hours of playground practice, but he looks the part in proper games, too…

MADIN KOROGHLI

A tiny tyro with all the tricks of a mini-Cristiano Ronaldo, this six-year-old Algerian kid rose to YouTube prominence in 2009. Now eight, little Madin has yet to sign for Real Madrid or score 40 goals in a La Liga season, but there's still time…

KALANI

It's about time Brazil produced a player with talent, isn't it? A five-year-old named Kalani looked like he could be the latest in a long line of skillful South Americans when a video of him appeared online in 2007, followed by another when he reached seven (below)…

RHAIN DAVIS

Man United brought this Australian whizz kid over to the UK after being sent a DVD of the then-nine-year-old's skills by his granddad. His family relocated and, now aged 13, he is rumoured to still be training and playing with the United academy. Keep watching this space…

LEST WE FORGET… SONNY PIKE

Back in the early 1990s a seven-year-old who played with Leyton Orient's kid's team was signed by Ajax – then one of Europe's premier sides – after showing prodigious talent. Sadly for Sonny, he didn't make the grade and drifted out of the game, the pressure of too much expectation leading to the divorce of his parents.